Essay Archive - Elie Wiesel
Elie Wiesel
The book Night opens in the town of Signet where Elie Wiesel, the author ,
was born . He lived his child hood in the Signet, Transylvania . He had three
sisters Hilda, Bea, and Tzipora. His father was an honored member of the Jewish
community. He was a cultured man concerned about his community yet, he was not
an emotional man. His parents were owners of a shop and his two oldest sisters
worked for his parents. Elie was a school boy and interested in studying the
Zohar “the cabbalistic books, the secrets of Jewish mysticism”(Wiesel 3). His
teacher was a for....
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